From The Herald

Carrie states "There's no such thing as a hard-to-reach child, only a child that's easy to ignore."

She wants to reposition Barnardo's – towards the children of prisoners, young teenagers who are being groomed for sex and older children who struggle on leaving care.

She cites percentages here: 65% of children with parents in prison will grow up to be part of the prison population themselves. Percentages like this beg the question, what makes a difference? What is distinctive about the 35% of children who don't end up in prison? How to expand that percentage? How to give chances to people who don't seem to have any?

Read the full article: 'Sometimes we give too many parents too many chances' in The Herald